Sophie Wilksch - Shedding fears and building curiosity

Sophie Wilksch is the founder and director of  Shedding Community Workshop Inc. Sophie established Shedding as a not-for-profit organisation in 2018, through her own passion for carpentry and building… But most of all a passion for people and wellbeing!

Shedding’s aim is to provide a unique, supportive and hands-on environment for all members of the community to come together and develop sustainable skills in carpentry, building and everything in between. It is a place to shed your fears and build with curiosity.

In the third year of Sophie’s degree she had the opportunity to join the Design Construct Program co-ordinated by architect-builder David Morris.

The group headed out to a small town in the Australian desert to construct a number of buildings they had designed and prefabricated at the university workshop.

A couple of years later Sophie ventured off on a trip up the coast, but her engine had a major tantrum and she ended up on the side of the road in Mullumbimby.

With a dream to start a little carpentry business, she had just a square, a handsaw, a drill and a block of sandpaper.

This was the beginning of the Shedding journey. Taking all she has learned from mentors, Sophie and her crew have supported over five hundred students and have watched the community come together to support the organisation because they too share the same dream.

Socials:

Website - shedding.com.au

FB - Shedding Community Workshop

Insta - Shedding Community Workshop

Mentions:

Pat Gregory - Woodwork for Women 

Enjoy the visual here on Youtube